Hi Gang,
Lets get to this update! As always... I never EVER get farther than I would expect especially over a long holiday weekend. BUT, forward progress was made and I'm pretty happy... Most of the weekend was spent on the front nose cleaning up the edges, the skin and other various areas trying to get a nice clean surface. Lots and lots of sanding followed by some new forward progress!
This area under the front window is finally smoothing out!
I love the primer/filler!
Time for another walk around... EWE
Whoops... more filler!
Yup... More Filler
And More
And... yup! More filler!
I then added more black to the edges and exposed wood
I like the black paint. It hides the look of the natural wood and pushes it back into the shadows
The casters help me move the nose around the shop
Prepping the door frame to finally be fit into position with a new/mod'd base and smoother edges
This base will be mod'd to simply fit into place between the cockpit platform and the corridor platform
Speaking of which... The new corridor platform takes shape
There is SO MUCH going on with the floor/corridor layout so I have to plan this out (which consumed a lot of time)
We have a surface!
If you remember I added an interior panel just under the window. This required a horizontal brace to keep the panel from sagging
The panel wont be permanently adhered, it will simply rest in place to allow for access into the nose frame. The best part, I get to add some greeblies of my own design!
The panel will be mounted to the angled surface. I think I need more bracing / support
Primed and filled
Still more to do but I really like how this is turning out! Things are fitting into place!
And then finally... I cut these two little platforms...
Which mount to the bottom of the cockpit entrance wall. Like the nose, I'm painting the entire frame(s) black to hide the natural wood look
These "little" platforms give the walls some much needed rigidity and keep the bottoms of the walls flexing when mounted into place to the corridor frame
And they stay up by themselves
The Volvo panels wont be started for quite some time. It's a step by step process as so many other elements of the build affect another... We'll get there!
And this is where we are... I'm considering painting the existing panel(s) edges black to match the nose but I'm not sure if that's a good idea?
I don't have to say that there is SO much more coming... BUT
More to Follow!